Day 12

I had an interesting time with the power switches last night. As planned, I went to Payiferen trying to catch the sunrise and found the power off and the switch only powering things up for a few seconds. I then went to Nagilahn only about fifteen minutes before the portal was due to arrive there finding the power still on. In Dereno, the power was off but would stay on after I turned it on. In both Nagilahn and Dereno, it was day. When I returned to Payiferen, I found the power would still only stay on for a few seconds, but that it was clearly getting light outside. Light was just beginning to come in through holes in the front window. I noted the time and it was just a little after the Nagilahn portal was due. Then I tried the power again and noticed this time that it would stay on, though I only stayed another minute because I wanted to see what was going on in the other ages. In Dereno the power had gone back off. I turned it on and waited ten more minutes while it stayed on, then zipped over to Nagilahn to find the power still on.

Nagilahn

So, what do I have? The power in Payiferen only stayed on after the sun came up (solar power?). The portal in Nagilahn is timed very closely to the Payiferen sunrise, but that seems likely a coincidence to me. I used the map to determine when the sun would rise in Nagilahn and Dereno. Then, assuming equal hours of daylight and night (which may not be true), I extrapolated when the likely times for the sunsets would be, and discovered that I have yet to visit either Nagilahn or Dereno in the dead of what should be their night (I was beginning to think they were day all time). I'm judging a good time to try to catch them at night would be around 3:45PM EST, Sunday. I would then like to take a shot at catching the Nagilahn and Dereno sunrises (6:29PM EST & 7:43PM EST respectively, also on Sunday). There is still the issue of the seven blue buttons found in each pod (four by the power switch and then one in front of each of three windows). Do the four by the power switch have anything to do with the four spirals that trigger to portal in Payiferen? Why does the power sometimes staying on for very long times (more than a pod cycle)?

I want to do some more observing before making more guesses.

Anyway, I caught the Payiferen portal later that evening. I also checked in at my neighbourhood to find that no one has been there (other than me) for almost two weeks. I don't have much business in the portals tonight (Saturday), so perhaps I'll be doing some socializing.

HC